British Museum Top 20 07 Fowling in the Marshes

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7. Fowling in the marshes - Thebes Egypt, around 1350 BC, 98cm x 83cm. Nebamun stands on a small papyrus boat with his wife Hatshepsut behind him and his son below. He is about to let fly a throwstick into a mass of birds above a papyrus thicket. The hieroglyphs below Nebamun's raised arm describe him as taking recreation and seeing what is good in the place of eternity (i.e. the afterlife). In front of him is his hunting cat, which has seized three birds, one with its hind claws, one with its fore claws, and one by the wings with its mouth. Numerous butterflies are represented, and the lake is well stocked with fish.

British Museum Top 20 07 Fowling in the Marshes 7. Fowling in the marshes - Thebes Egypt, around 1350 BC, 98cm x 83cm. Nebamun stands on a small papyrus boat with his wife Hatshepsut behind him and his son below. He is about to let fly a throwstick into a mass of birds above a papyrus thicket. The hieroglyphs below Nebamun's raised arm describe him as taking recreation and seeing what is good in the place of eternity (i.e. the afterlife). In front of him is his hunting cat, which has seized three birds, one with its hind claws, one with its fore claws, and one by the wings with its mouth. Numerous butterflies are represented, and the lake is well stocked with fish.